Readme file for "Sex Trafficking, Russian Infiltration, Birth Certificates, and Pedophilia: A Survey Experiment Correcting Fake News" by Ethan Porter, Thomas J. Wood, and David Kirby.

There are four files located in this dataverse:

1. jeps replication code.R

This file contains all the data manipulation and modelling to produce the three tables and the one figure inlcuded in the paper.

2. jeps_replication_data.dsc

This file is the original survey data exported from Qualtrics. All the necessary manipulations are made from this original file

3. r_analysis_log.tx

This file contains the logged outcomes of the R syntax.

The variables used in this analysis are as follows:


1. "pizzagate correction_1"  
Asked of those respondents who see both the treatment and a correction in the Pizzagate condition. This is a 5pt scale of agreement (Strongly disagree to Strongly agree) to the question "High ranking democrat John Podesta was involved in a pedophile ring at a pizza parlor"


2. "pizzagate no correct_1"  
Askedof those respondents who see the treatment and no correction in the Pizzagate condition. This is a 5pt scale of agreement (Strongly disagree to Strongly agree) to the question "High ranking democrat John Podesta was involved in a pedophile ring at a pizza parlor"


3. "podesta correction_1"    
Asked of those respondents who see both the treatment and a correction on the Podesta condition. This is a 5pt scale of agreement to the question "Top Democrats John and Tony Podesta may have been inolved in an abduction


4. "podesta no correction_1"    
Asled of those respondents who see the treatment and NO correction on the Podesta condition. This is a 5pt scale of agreement to the question "Top Democrats John and Tony Podesta may have been inolved in an abduction


5. "vermont green correc_1"
Asked of those who see the treatment and the Glen Greenwald correction in the Vermont condition. This is a 5pt scale of agreement to the question "The Russian government inflitrated Vermont's power grid"


6. "vermont post correct_1"
Asked of those who see the treatment and the Washington Post correction in the Vermont condition. This is a 5pt scale of agreement to the question "The Russian government inflitrated Vermont's power grid"


7. "vermont no correctio_1"
Asked of those who see the treatment and no correction in the Vermont condition. This is a 5pt scale of agreement to the question "The Russian government inflitrated Vermont's power grid"


8. "scaramucci correctio_1" 
Asked of those who saw the treatment and the correction in the Scaramucci condition. This is a 5pt scale of agreement to the question "The Senate is currently investigating a meeting between Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci and the Russia Direct Investment Fund"


9. "scaramucci no correc_1"
Asked of those who saw the treatment and no correction in the Scaramucci condition. This is a 5pt scale of agreement to the question "The Senate is currently investigating a meeting between Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci and the Russia Direct Investment Fund"


10. "pedophiles correctio_1" 
Asked of those who saw the treatment and a correction in the pedophiles correction. A 5pt scale of agreement to the question
"Presidenti Trump is leading an unprecedented effort to increase the number of arrests for sex trafficking"


11. "pedophiles no correc_1"
Asked of those who saw the treatment and no correction in the pedophiles correction. A 5pt scale of agreement to the question
"Presidenti Trump is leading an unprecedented effort to increase the number of arrests for sex trafficking"


12. "birth cert no correc_1"
Asked of those who saw the treatment and no correction in the Obama birth certificate condition. A 5pt scale of agreement to the question "Barack Obama was born in Hawaii"


13. "birth cert correctio_1"
Asked of those who saw the treatment and a correction in the Obama birth certificate condition. A 5pt scale of agreement to the question "Barack Obama was born in Hawaii"


14. "Q34_1"
An indicator for respondents' ID


15. "Q19"
A seven point scale of respondent ideology


16. "FL_67_DO"
A respondent's correction status on the Podesta brothers condition


17. "FL_70_DO"
A respondent's correction status on the Vermont condition


18. "FL_74_DO"
A respondent's correction status on the Scaramucci condition


19. "FL_77_DO"
A respondent's correction status on the Pedophile condition


20. "FL_82_DO"
A respondent's correction status on the Birth Certificate condition


21. Q5
A respondent age, measured in years


22. Q7
A respondent's educational attainment, measured in 9 categories


23. Q9
A respondent's race and ethnicity attainment, measured in 5 categories


24. Q11
A respondent's gender


24. Q13
A respondent's income, measured in 19 categories


25. Q15 
A respondent's home state


26. Q17 
A respondent's party id, measured on a 7-point scale



